The Decameron

Synopsis

In the summer of 1348, as the black death ravages their city, ten young florentines take refuge in the countryside. Taken from the greek, meaning 'ten-day event', boccaccio's decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate.